(08-25-2020, 03:52 PM)homebiscuit Wrote:

(08-25-2020, 03:48 PM)MojoKing Wrote: Look I get it, you guys don’t think you’re racist because you deem yourselves morally superior and intellectually you consider these “thugs” are morons. If you don’t see how that’s a racist way of thinking then it’s pointless for us to have a discourse. 

I honestly can’t believe how you guys are treating human life. Where is your sense of empathy at all? This isn’t about repub vs dem. This is human to human , American to American. 

I don’t want cops killing black people because they are suspicious or scared of something. That shouldn’t be a controversial view. 

Cops have a lot of power therefore they have a responsibility to diffuse situation. 

I like cops, I like the idea of law enforcement, I don’t like the idea that a cop can kill an innocent human being. Why does this spark outrage within you all?

The old 'agree with me or you're a racist' argument. Gotcha.

That's not what he said.  He wants you to have empathy with the victim and his family.  But if you pre-judge each of these new situations as (1) "I'm too good and smart to ever be in that situation" and (2) "He had it coming, that thug moron", it's hard for you to have empathy.  If you don't see any potential for you to end up like the victim, then you won't care.  If you do, you will care.  Now, maybe (1) and (2) are true in this particular case.  But everyone commenting on this thread so far with these sentiments is doing so without proof.  It's based on their assumptions.  And where do such assumptions and prejudices come from?

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